Resistance of Escherichia coli to penicillins. VII. Purification and characterization of a penicillinase mediated by the R factor R1.

Journal of Bacteriology
R C Lindqvist, K Nordström

Abstract

The penicillinase mediated by the R factor R1 in Escherichia coli has been purified and characterized. The purification procedure contained the following three steps: spheroplast formation, chromatography of the spheroplast supernatant fluid on DEAE cellulose, and preparative polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The protein obtained gave only one band in analytical polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. To obtain milligram quantities of the enzyme, gel filtration on Sephadex G75 was run before the last step in the purification. By gel filtration on Sephadex G75, the molecular weight was estimated as 22,000. The pH optimum, tested in universal buffer, was 7.0. The turnover numbers for benzylpenicillin, d-ampicillin, and 6-aminopenicillanic acid were 4.2 x 10(4), 6.3 x 10(4), and 2.2 x 10(4) moles of substrate hydrolyzed per min by 1 mole of enzyme, whereas the Michaelis constants were 100, 160, and 440 mum, respectively. Cephalosporins were much poorer substrates for the R1 penicillinase than were the penicillins. The turnover number for cephalosporin C, cephaloridine, and 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid were 2.4 x 10(3), 5 x 10(2), and less than 2 x 10(2), respectively. These properties show that the R1 penicillinase is quite differen...Continue Reading

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